Combined whip and rein holder



(No Model.)

H. BUNCH.

COMBINED WHIP AND REIN HOLDER.

No. 252,729.y

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Patented Jan. 24,1882.

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COMBINED WHIP AND REIN HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,729, dated January24, 1882.v

Application mea November 11, 1981. (No model.)

0 all whom it mag/,concern Be it known that, I, HENRY BUNCH,`A ofGarrettsville, in thec'ounty of Portage and State ot' Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and use- 5A ful Improvement in Lock-SocketWhip-Holder 1o when considered in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure Vl is a perspective view of my invention asseen attached to a buggy, in connection with a dash, and havinga whiplocked inr and Fig. 2 is a detached view of my device.

A is an iron rod, having on the lower end a liange and a screw-thread,with nut for secur- 'ing said rod to the sill ot' a buggy or wagon zobody.

To the upper end of said rod is fixed by a. pivotal joint an arm, B,which, together with that portion of the rod above said joint, -formsthe clamp for holding the reins. To the lower end of said arm isattached a spring,

z5 which serves to press the jaws of the clamp together. To the lowerpart ot" said rod A is attached a socket, C, toy receive the lower endor butt ot' a whip. Midway between the aforesaid'clamp B and socket C onsaid rod A is made a loek-and-hinge band, l), said band litting closelyaround the handle ot' the whip. The folding half of said band isattached by means ot' a spring-hinge, and will therefore close itself. aspringllock, so that when the hnnd is closed it is seltloeking. Thewhip, when thus secured, cannot be removed by drawing ont through thebanl by reason ofthe taper ot' the handle. The whipcan 4therefore beitlidrawn only by rst unlocking the bund D.

The advantages of this device are apparent. The locked band preventstheliability of a whip being stolen, also supplies a convenient means ofholding the reins.

Having described my invention, I claim- The -hereindescri bedlock-socket whip-holder and rein-holder combined,fand consisting oftherod A, having the tiange and nut forsecuring same to sill, the hingedarm B, with its spring, forming the rein-holderclamp, the socket C, andthe hinged band and lock D, as shown and described H. BUNCH.

Witnesses:

J. B. NORRIS, S. R. BEECHER.

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